australia

Australia is a continent and also a country, governed by a bicameral parliament much like its mother in Westminster.

The continent was populated by hundreds of Aboriginal groups whose ancestors arrived, the latest research suggests, more than 60,000 years ago, and they fundamentally altered the environment with fire stick farming, and possibly wiping out the unique megafauna.

It is now recognised that since the arrival of the British colonisers in the 18th century, the rate of damage has greatly accelerated, with water shortages and the destruction of the river systems having been hastened by global warming.

Culturally, Australia is known for a love of, and success at, many sports. Traditionally the nation has seen its foundation in the bush (countryside), in male mateship, which was cemented by the Anzac military tradition. That's despite it being one of the most urbanised countries in the world.

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• Pest Control Services - Specialist Termite Control, Pest Control Company

  
  BallHype - Top Other Sports News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 170
  Pest Control Services - As an introduction to the Pestcert accreditation program for Australias pest management industry, we hope the following will give you a little background information. pestcert2 posted 8 minutes ago from pestcert.com.au Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: Other , ...
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• Shades Of Blue

  
  Wasted Days And Wasted Nights — Authority: 117
  Look at all those blues! Indian Ocean. Just a tease.  Tomorrow lots more pics of the Great Ocean Road between Melbourne and Port Campbell.
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• Hola Mexico Film Festival: Australia

  
  Expat Women — Authority: 122
  Hello Everyone, A quick mention of the Hola Mexican Film Festival this year in Australia, which is supporting Misión México - which is the orphanage in Mexico that one of our previous Success Story women, Pamela Skuse , so selflessly runs with her husband, Alan. Opening night in Australia is Wednesday 18 ...
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• Child Eaten By Hungry Crocodile

  
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• Britney Spears holed up in Perth hotel after concert shame

  
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  BRITNEY Spears was holed up in a Perth hotel yesterday as the row over her lip-synching concerts threatened to derail her Australian tour, The Sunday Telegraph reports. Fans walked out after only three songs at Perths Burswood Dome on Friday, upset by her lacklustre performance. Many claimed ... Allie Is Wired! ...
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• First iPhone worm rickrolls jailbroken phones

  
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  We sort of knew this would happen as soon as we heard about that iPhone wallpaper hack in the Netherlands — a hacker named ikex has created what’s apparently the first iPhone worm, and it’s currently infecting jailbroken iPhones across Australia. The “ikee” worm, as it’s being called, takes advantage of ...
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• Salvations & Deliverance as Holy Spirit fire falls in Moe & Hallam in Victoria

  
  Catch The Fire Ministries — Authority: 495
  Dear family & friends in Christ, 1) What a mighty God we serve, the soon coming King of kings and LORD of lords! We thank the Lord Jesus Christ for this awesome prophetic season in the Holy Spirit and the Kingdom of God that we are currently living in! We are so excited to experience an increasing measure of ...
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• Dawn Princess in Wellington today

  
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• PRINCE HARRY AND CHELSY DAVY: WEEKEND RENDEZVOUS

  
  GOSSIP, CELEBRITY NEWS — Authority: 160
  PRINCE HARRY AND CHELSY DAVY: WEEKEND RENDEZVOUS is a post from: GOSSIP, CELEBRITY NEWS Looking as if they strength be effort their relation backwards on track, Prince Harry and Chelsy chemist were side-by-side during an Investec Challenge Series football correct in author over the weekend (November 7). Read ...
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• Cadel: Close to Flying – Cadel Evans & R Arnold

  
  BookOffers.com.au — Authority: 145
  Cadel: Close to Flying is the new biography of Australian World Champion cyclist Cadel Evans. This is the personal story of a champion in the making. Physiologically Cadel Evans has the best numbers of any cyclist tested at the Australian Institute of Sport, the organisation that is behind Australia’s super stars ...
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• Play Australian Fantasy Golf

  
  BallHype - Top Golf News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 157
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• Rottnest on True North

  
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• What Are “Meaningless” Cricket Tours, Exactly?

  
  Ducking Beamers: A Cricket Blog — Authority: 110
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• First iPhone Virus Spreads in Australia

  
  Mobilewhack.com — Authority: 644
  It was just a matter of time before a virus would finally make its way to iPhones and apparently first reports of it have now been revealed. Called “Ikee” the said virus changes the iPhone’s background to the picture of 1980’s singer Rick Astley. And it doesn’t stop there. Apparently it looks for other ...
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• Frogmouths: Odd-Looking - - Things - - From Australia

  
  Apathetic Lemming of the North — Authority: 437
  " Freaky Frogmouths (raw) " Taletale, YouTube (September 5, 2007) video, 2:16 " More birds! Tawny Frogmouths in the tree outside my kitchen window. Freaky, eh? They are nocturnal and sleep in the tree.... " " Frog Mouth Owl " thombolt, YouTube (April 18, 2009) video, 1:11 " Australian Frog Mouth Owl ...
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• Copyright Questions - Australia

  
  Geniaus — Authority: 128
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• Four Nations Take Steps to Protest Uganda’s Antigay Death Penalty

  
  Truth Wins Out Blog — Authority: 563
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• People’s 100 Most Sexiest Men Alive (Video)

  
  Bitch Pleaz — Authority: 136
  I still can’t believe I didn’t make the cut this year, it must of been all those bloody McAngus burgers from McDonald’s. I’ll stop sobbing and present you with the 2009’s sexiest men alive according to People Magazine.Who will take the crown from Australian’s own Hugh Jackman????Bitch Pleaz!For a laugh ...
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• A Strange System: Food: Hard Travelin’ Blues

  
  Science & Soul — Authority: 106
  You walk through the aisles of your local supermarket.  Apples in June.  Watermelons in February.  Oranges in December.  Weird star fruit in….well I don’t actually know if star fruit have a picking season.  So how do we have these fruits and vegetables when it is not time for them to be picked. Most of our ...
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• Schoolgirls to be given make up lessons by cosmetics brand

  
  mUmBRELLA — Authority: 617
  High school girls are set to receive lessons in putting on make up in an in-school initiative sponsored by a cosmetics brand.   Fashion Roll Call describes itself as “an entertainment and educational in-school program aimed at inspiring high school students around Australia”. Among the sponsors of the ...
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